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Sisters, Oregon
Sisters is a city in Deschutes County, Oregon, United States. It is part of the Bend, Oregon Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 3,064 at the 2020 census.
The community takes its name from the nearby Three Sisters mountains.
Human activity before the arrival of the Europeans was present in the area, and the local natives of various clans traversed the regions, creating various trails that passed through Warm Springs, and some crossing the Cascade passes of McKenzie and Santiam. The various ethnic groups that composed the demographic of the area at the time were Paiute, Warm Springs, and Wasco peoples.
The first notable European presence in the area was the construction of Camp Polk, which existed from September 1865 to May 1866, just 3 miles away from the current location of the town. After the site was abandoned, in 1870, Samuel M. Hindman was the first to settle the area properly, even building a shop and a post office.
In 1888 the post office was relocated to the John J. Smith Store, which was located three miles south of Camp Polk. The name for the rebranding of the post office was the "Three Sisters". The name's origin is still quite uncertain, however according to a theory, the mountains that inspired the name were named in the 1840s by members of a Methodist mission based in Salem, hinting at an alleged earlier European presence. However due to unknown reasons, the postal authorities shortened it to "Sisters".
It seems that the early growth of the city can be attributed to various factors, such as sheep traffic over the Santiam wagon road, and its location at the intersection of the McKenzie and Santiam roads.
20 years after the opening of the local post office, on July 10, 1901, two enterprising brothers, Alex and Robert Smith, officially platted the City of Sisters.
By the turn of the century, cattle raising had replaced sheep herding as the main industry in the region, leading to the town needing to re-invent itself. The town started to focus on cattle-raising, primarily due to the contribution of the local Black Butte Land & Livestock Company.
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Sisters, Oregon
Sisters is a city in Deschutes County, Oregon, United States. It is part of the Bend, Oregon Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 3,064 at the 2020 census.
The community takes its name from the nearby Three Sisters mountains.
Human activity before the arrival of the Europeans was present in the area, and the local natives of various clans traversed the regions, creating various trails that passed through Warm Springs, and some crossing the Cascade passes of McKenzie and Santiam. The various ethnic groups that composed the demographic of the area at the time were Paiute, Warm Springs, and Wasco peoples.
The first notable European presence in the area was the construction of Camp Polk, which existed from September 1865 to May 1866, just 3 miles away from the current location of the town. After the site was abandoned, in 1870, Samuel M. Hindman was the first to settle the area properly, even building a shop and a post office.
In 1888 the post office was relocated to the John J. Smith Store, which was located three miles south of Camp Polk. The name for the rebranding of the post office was the "Three Sisters". The name's origin is still quite uncertain, however according to a theory, the mountains that inspired the name were named in the 1840s by members of a Methodist mission based in Salem, hinting at an alleged earlier European presence. However due to unknown reasons, the postal authorities shortened it to "Sisters".
It seems that the early growth of the city can be attributed to various factors, such as sheep traffic over the Santiam wagon road, and its location at the intersection of the McKenzie and Santiam roads.
20 years after the opening of the local post office, on July 10, 1901, two enterprising brothers, Alex and Robert Smith, officially platted the City of Sisters.
By the turn of the century, cattle raising had replaced sheep herding as the main industry in the region, leading to the town needing to re-invent itself. The town started to focus on cattle-raising, primarily due to the contribution of the local Black Butte Land & Livestock Company.